Several audience members - particularly the seven who walk out of an already half-empty venue at various points throughout Gruff Rhys’ second performance of Resist Phony Encores! - would likely give it two star...

The stage is entirely empty, save for a large mat stretched across the floor upon which Ewan Downie (co-director of Glasgow’s Company of Wolves) will unleash the rage and sorrow of Achilles.
Considerable heig...

Christine Bovill does not take to the stage in the guise of Edith Piaf, offering an entertaining yet ultimately inessential tribute.
Instead, she earns a standing ovation after a wonderful celebration of the ...

Maria Alyokhina has just left the stage after bidding an ecstatic audience a warm farewell, heading for the Summerhall courtyard where she will sign copies of her 2017 memoir Riot Days.
In the queue to leave,...

We are in the company of Lolly Jones (as seen on BBC3 and Comedy Central) for 55 minutes, and she doesn’t speak once. Instead, she mimes as the familiar voices of our female politicians ring out through the PA....

Towards the end of our hour in the company of Chris Difford, he shares his memory of one of Squeeze’s greatest triumphs: headlining New York’s prestigious and cavernous Madison Square Garden.
The vast crowd i...

A sold-out crowd awaits drag sensation Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer Richard Thomas as they take to the Piccolo stage.
While special guests wait in the wings, Woo and Thomas are joined by a tri...